Writing Center Resources

Our Writing Desk Assistants have many handouts and practice exercises they can provide you in addition to the resources listed below. Please come by to meet the Assistants and they can help you find the resources you may need. You may check out any of the listed materials to view them in the Albany Learning Center with a valid student ID card.

TEXTBOOKS:

WR95 - College Writing Fundamentals:

WR115 - Introduction to College Writing:
Real Writing with Readings, by Susan Anker, St. Martin's Press
Expectations: A Reader for Developing Writers, by Ingalls and Moody, Allyn and Bacon Press
The Compact Reader, by Jane Arron, St. Martin's Press

WR121 - Composition:
St. Martin's Guide to Writing, Axelrod, St Martin's
The Bedford Reader, Kennedy, St. Martin's
Literature of Composition, Barnet, Allyn and Bacon
Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Behrens and Rosen, Allyn & Bacon

Remix, Lattrell, Bedford/St.Martins

WR122 - Composition - Argument:
Elements of Argument, Rottenberg, St. Martin's

WR123 - Composition - Research:
The Curious Researcher, Ballenger, Allyn and Bacon
The Bedford Researcher, Palmquist, St. Martin's

WR214 - Business Communication:
Excellence in Business Communication, Thill and Bovee, Prentice Hall

WR227 - Technical Report Writing:
Technical Communication, Anderson, Harcourt Brace
Technical Communication, Lannon, Allyn and Bacon


HANDBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTS:

Guidelines for Evaluating Student Writing, LBCC
The Least You Should Know About English, Glazier, Harcourt Brace
LB Brief, Aaron, Pearson Longman
The Eloquent Umbrella, LBCC